Archive for July, 2011

Christian Giordano

Wireless dominoes

A while back we linked a video which explored organic displays, screens composed by “smart”, independent and moving pixels. The concept of “invisible” computers embedded in tiny units able to coordinate themselves for a bigger result is definitely fascinating. Today I saw this other inspiring project: Esper Domino from jarashi on Vimeo. It is quite [...]

Paul Sladen

Ubuntu Orange is #dd4814

Say it loud and say it proud! #dd4814 is the Ubuntu Orange and we want the world to know about it!

Iain Farrell

Not that long ago Matt Jones of BERG fame came up with a really lovely idea! In response to the keep calm and carry on posters from the Second World War that had become so popular again he decided that a more positive statement was needed! “It occurred to me that this was exactly the [...]

Iain Farrell

My stickers have arrived!

Round stickers made at MOO.com

The stickers I made in my recent blog post have arrived and they’re lovely!

Christian Giordano

Overlay Scrollbars – Update

When we introduced the new overlay scrollbars we knew it was a bold decision and we were expecting some critics because of the use cases we didn’t support. As hoped, we had a lot of very useful feedback. Most of the people very liked this innovation and understood our need to be consistent to our [...]

Iain Farrell

Most northerly Ubuntu fan?

This week we got a fun update from our traveling team member Ivanka! While passing through Dawson City in northern Canada Ivanka and Nick met Chalsie Warren and she recognised the Ubuntu stickers on their bike! This got me wondering whether we can track down the most extreme users starting with the most northerly Ubuntu [...]

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